U+130AD "𓂭" Egyptian Hieroglyph D050 Unicode Character

U+130AD "𓂭" Egyptian Hieroglyph D050 is a hieroglyph from the Gardiner sign list category D, representing parts of the human body, specifically the symbol for a scribe's writing palette and its associated accessories. This sign is historically significant as it was used to denote the concept of writing or the scribe profession itself, often appearing in inscriptions related to literacy, record keeping, and administrative functions in ancient Egyptian culture. The character is encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of Unicode, allowing for its digital representation in modern text systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130AD
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D050
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂭
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCAD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130AD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udcad

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	D-30-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A vertical human finger.
kEH_Func	Logogram (finger)
kEH_FVal	ḏbꜥ
kEH_UniK	D050
kEH_JSesh	D50
kEH_HG	D50
kEH_IFAO	116,7
kEH_NoRotate	Yes